In Java, what's the difference between public, default, protected, and private?

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This Javaand tutorialand may be of some use to you.Modifier    | Class | Package | Subclass | World
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public      |  y    |    y    |    y     |   y
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protected   |  y    |    y    |    y     |   n
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no modifier |  y    |    y    |    n     |   n    **also known as package-private**
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private     |  y    |    n    |    n     |   n
y: accessible
n: not accessible

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